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gr ms tetra g e i A. F. STAYMAN, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAN-De- Letters Patent No, 61,275 dated January 15,-1867.

IMPROVED MODE 0]? UTILIZING TOBACCO DUST.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, All SMYMAN, of Baltimore, in thecounty of Baltimore, and State of Maryland,

have invented a new and useful Process for Utilizing Tobacco Dust, or waste, and converting the same into smoking tobacco; and I do Hereby declare the following .to be a 'full, clear, and exactdescription'thereof.

To enable others to use my invention, I'will proceed to describe it.

It is well known that in the handling and manufacture of tobacco,. in its various stages, there -,is produced a large" amount of fine refuse material, denominated tobacco dusts-and that this dust has heretofore been considereduseless as an artic e of manufacture or commerce, having, practieally novalue, except as a manure. This dus possesses the aroma and properties of tobacco, and various attempts havc heretofore been made to utilize by smoking it; but its highly comminuted conditionhas'preveuted such use of it as, when attempted, it. was diiiicult, not impossible, to obtain the. requisite'drau-ght of air through it, and because, also, the fine particles of the dust would be drawn throughthc pipe stem into the mouth. To obviate these difiiculties, and convert this waste material into an article that can be smoked or otherwise used, is the object of. my invention. This I accomplish by compacting or aggregating the fine particlesof dust into granules of any desiredsize,

and this I accomplish in a variety of ways. It may be done by simplxmoistening r mixing it with water, or'

any other suitable fluid, and then granulating it by passing it through sieves or perfdrated plates of any required degree of fineness. It may also be done by mixing the dust with any substance that will cause the particles to adhere with or without the aid of a fluid; such, for instance, as pulverized slippery-elm bark, gumarabic,'&c., and then granulating it in any suitable manner. It may also be accomplished by moistening the dust either by the addition of a liquid orby mixing it with any material that is adhesive in its nature, and then permeating the mass with steam, and then granulating it. Or it'may be pressed into sheets or cakes, after being properly prepared, and then break these sheets or cakes up into grains or particles of the proper size for smoking. It may also be pressed i n t o cakes of t he pr o p er size to fit intoapipur otherismokingreceptaclg or instrument, these cakes being'perforated with t at orm. It is obvious that any aromatic or me prepared, for the purpose of improving its flavor or bene ficial-ly affecting the organs of the mouth and throat.

smali holes fcrthepassage of. the air, and thus be smoked in dicinal ingredients may be mixed with the dust, when being By these means I am enabled to utilize a vast amount of otherwise useless material, and thus to add largely to the wealth and resources of the community.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-- 1 The utilizing of tobacco dust substantially as herein described, 2. The process herein described of preparing tobacco dust for use.- I

3. I claim a material for smoking, composed of tobacco dust, prepared in any of'the methods herein described, or in any equivalen manner.

4. I claim granulatingsmoking tobacco, 5. I claim, use new article of manufacturiathe smoking tobacco, composed principally of tobacco dust,

and prepared substantially as herein described, whether the same be used in a granular or'solidform.

A. Ii. STAYMAN.

Witnesses:

W.-H. HAYWARD, Brennan Nanny.

MiJW, I

composed of tobacco dust, treated siibstantiall'y as herein-set forth. 

